The Board of Directors is composed of 18 representatives and performs the following functions:
Elect the Vice-President among its members.
Elect the Core-Group
Prepare the decisions of the General Assembly based on the advice of the Core group.
Approve new members.
Christoph Pfemeter (President)
Österreichischer Biomasse-Verband
Hannes Tuohiniitty (Vice President)
Bioenergia RY
Alessandro Guercio
TURBODEN
Andrew Georgiou
USIPA - US Industrial Pellet Association
Annalisa Paniz
AIEL - Associazione Italiana Energie Agroforestali
Azadeh Daheshmand
Uniper
Barbara Pokrzywa
ASKET
Fahimeh Yazdan Panah
WPAC
Gerolf Bücheler
BBE - German Bioenergy Association
Henrik Brodin
SVEBIO - Swedish Biomass Association
Ieva Medne
LATbio - Latvian Biomass Association
Jean-Baptiste Schwebel
SER
Katarzyna (Kasia) Wilk
Drax Group
Marcel Huber
SYNCRAFT
Nicholas B. Dottino
GRAANUL INVEST
Pablo Rodero Masdemont
AVEBIOM - Spanish Biomass Association
Vanessa Gallo
FIPER - Italian Federation of Energy Producers from Renewable Sources
Vojtěch Pospíšil
CZBIOM - Czech Biomass Association
General Assembly
Core Group
The Core Group is made of maximum 5 persons including Bioenergy Europe’s President/Vice-President and has the following functions:
Prepare the decisions of the Board of Directors;
Discuss all strategic files on a daily basis.
General Assembly
The General Assembly is made of all members and has the following functions:
Examine and approve the annual report presented by the Board of Directors;
Examine and approve the accounts, balance sheets, and budget;
Elect one or more auditors from the members who report to the General Assembly on the financial accountability over the previous period;
Determine membership fees on proposal of the Board of Directors;
Approve and comment on the activities of the Board of Directors as well as decide on any activity of Bioenergy Europe;
Elect a President among all the members
Elect up to 17 additional members for the Board of Directors for a 2 years mandate;
Decide about modifications of the Statutes and about the dissolution of Bioenergy Europe.
Become a member
Members of Bioenergy Europe benefit from a wide range of services and advantages, from representation towards EU decision makers to knowledge sharing, unparalleled networking opportunities and a framework to discuss and steer market dynamics specific to different sectors involved.